Moving money across borders takes time, effort and attention to detail — with a focus on local technology and culture. Though the trend toward financial inclusion may be an inexorable one, fragmented markets mean one size does not fit all when it comes to remittances,...
While cash’s death worldwide has been widely forecasted for the better part of 20 years, cash is still alive, well and, in many places, still king. While the magic and promise of digital payments in all their various forms gets a lot of airplay —...
In an effort to help refugees in Greece, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has selected Prepaid Financial Services Limited (PFS) to provide a cashless management solution that will allow the more than 60,000 refugees currently stranded in the country...
Mastercard is partnering with the local government in Kenya to help address the growing problem of citizens having to move from place to place in order to access and pay for government services. Yesterday (Feb. 7), the company announced its commitment to helping the roll-out...
Millions of people seeking medical care travel across borders each year to receive treatment, turning international health care into an industry worth as much as $80 billion. And, according to the latest PYMNTS research, many international health care patients head for the U.S., with nearly...
Millions of people seeking medical care travel across borders each year to receive treatment, turning international health care into an industry worth as much as $80 billion. And, according to the latest PYMNTS research, many international health care patients head for the U.S., with nearly...
Every year, millions of global citizens travel across the world — not for beaches, attractions or cuisine – but in order to seek medical treatment. With the international health care market growing to become a $40 billion—$80 billion industry in recent years, more patients are traveling across...
Math, as it turns out, is doing more than making millions of teenagers unhappy over hard homework right now — it’s also making the world less democratic and egalitarian. In the wrong hands, mathematics can become a “WMD” — a weapon of math destruction. Most...
The Labor Department said Thursday (Dec. 8) that filings for unemployment in the United States slipped from a five-month high, a showing that hints of continued strength within the labor market and in the U.S. economy overall. The data showed that initial filings for unemployment...